John William STEPHENSON

STEPHENSON, John William

    Service Number: 683
    Enlisted: 3 March 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 1st Australian Divisional Engineers
    Born: Boston, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, 1892
    Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Boston Grammar School, England
    Occupation: Mechanical Engineer
    Died: Died of wounds - gunshot wounds to the head, Gallipoli, Turkey, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 24 November 1915
    Cemetery: Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli
    INSCRIPTION TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WE LOVE IS NOT TO DIE Grave: H. 6. , Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    3 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 683, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    31 May 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 20th Infantry Battalion, In the field
    25 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 683, 20th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
    25 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 683, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
    19 Nov 1915: Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Australian Divisional Engineers, Transferred from the 20th Battalion
    24 Nov 1915: Involvement Lance Corporal, 683, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 683 awm_unit: Australian Engineers awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-11-24

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Address of next of kin was Grange-on-Links Hotel, Sutton-on-Sea, Lincolnshire, England

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Served apprenticeships with the Boston Seep Sea Fishing Co. and Holland Bros Motor Garage

    Also served with the Commonwealth Naval Dockyard

    Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

    He was 24 and the son of Darius and Annie Stephenson.

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